The Brothers Opalio return with their second collaborative album for Atavistic, following up on 2009"s "Through the magnifying glass of tomorrow" enhanced double-cd. This time MY CAT IS AN ALIEN have teamed up with Romana Ponzini (vocals/Japanese percussion, and Lee Ranaldo (guitars... OBVIOUSLY/bells/vocals) for a 2008 session, captured live at INTERZONA in Verona, Italy. Like the extant MCIAA tapestry of international collaborations, "all is lost" continues their spectacular latter-day exploration of the outer reaches, and further defines their well-earned role as alchemical auteur-artists.